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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1915

2,381 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 120

Fire at Port Kembla. Wollongong

The Sun · Friday 30 April 1915 · page 5

Between midnight and 1 o'clock this morning Goldberg's store at Port Kembla was completely destroyed by fire. Mr. Goldberg was absent in Sydney at the time…

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A Girl Burned to Death. Light Skirts and an Open Fire

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 April 1915 · page 4

The eleven-year-old daughter of Mr. Matthew Radburn, of Trunkey (N.S.W.), was burned so badly through her clothes catching alight, from an open fire, that…

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Fire in City. Watchman's Discovery

The Sun · Saturday 1 May 1915 · page 6

A fire broke out shortly before 6 o'clock this morning on the top floor at J. Blackwood and Son's, Ltd., engineers' merchants, 86 and 83 Sussex-street, city. Richard Windsor, a…

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Fire in Sussex-st. Warehouse Alight, Brigade's Splendid Save

Evening News · Saturday 1 May 1915 · page 6

The Firemen who turned cut to a [?] at the four-storey warehouse of Messrs. J. Blackwood and Son, Limited, engineers' merchants, at 86 and 88 Sussex-street, City, about a…

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Glimpse of Inferno. What Concentrated Fire of 110 Batteries is Like

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 1 May 1915 · page 8

Vivid pictures of the battle on the Bzoura-Rava line are provided in detailed accounts of the fighting now available. Whilst the German…

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Glimpse of Inferno. What Concentrated Fire of 110 Batteries is Like

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 1 May 1915 · page 8

Vivid pictures of the battle on the Bzoura-Rava line are provided in detailed accounts of the fighting now available. Whilst the German…

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Fight at Kum Kaleh. Turks Did Not Fire. Bayonets Were Enough. Constantinople's Fairy Tale London, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 1 May 1915 · page 1

A Constantinople official message says: -- "The enemy forces remain on the Asiatic side. The enemy at Gabat[?]pe is obstinately maintaining his land positions under the…

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War's Back Fire Acknowledgements to "Saturday Evening Post" Reprinted from above, March 6, 1915 Some Facts of Interest..on the Great War

The St George Call · Saturday 1 May 1915 · page 7

One Sunday afternoon, when the war was less than three months old, I went to the largest cemetery of a certain certain small German city. The…

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Fire in Sussex—street

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 May 1915 · page 9

A fire, the cause of which [?] curred in the four—storey warehouse o£ Messrs. J. Blackwood and Son., Ltd., engineers' merchants, 86-8 Sussex—street, City, at about…

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Baptised with Fire. Australasians in Action. the Men and Their Leaders. What Egypt Meant. Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 2 May 1915 · page 5

They chafed and fretted in the desert long enough--nineteen weeks. It made them stale. They were tired of their kits, tired of their mates, tired of the interminable…

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Well Done! Well Done, Australia a Striking Entry Into Active Warfare a Difficult Landing Accomplished Under Fire

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 May 1915 · page 9

The latest information received about the fighting in the Gallipoli Peninsula snows that the landing of the Australians and New Zealanders, which took place on the curving…

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Tocsin, 'To Arms,' Is Answered Review Fans to Flame Patriot Fire Recruiting Up to Record Duty's Call Routs Self—interest

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 May 1915 · page 8

THE enrolling office at the Barracks has been specially busy during the past week. From early Monday morning the men flowed in a continuous stream, and gave the…

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Fire at Newtown

The Sun · Monday 3 May 1915 · page 2

A fire broke out early this morning in a five-roomed weatherboard building at 107 Denison-street, Newtown. The premises, which were used as a shop and dwelling,…

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Fire in Sussex-street

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 May 1915 · page 10

Shortly before 6 a.m. on Saturday, a fire broke out in the warehouse of Messrs. J. Blackwood and Son, Ltd., merchants, 86-88 Sussex-street, city. The Metropolitan Fire…

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Store Destroyed by Fire. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 May 1915 · page 10

Early on Friday morning Goldberg's store at Port Kembla was completely destroyed by fire. The proprietor was absent in Sydney at the time. The stock…

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Country Fire. Post and Telephone Office Gutted

Evening News · Monday 3 May 1915 · page 5

A fire which resulted in the destruction of Mrs. M.Rao's home, at which were situated the Borambil Post and Telegraph Offices, occurred on Saturday night…

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Big Blaze. Destruction in London. Several Factories Burnt. London, Monday Night

Evening News · Tuesday 4 May 1915 · page 5

A big fire occurred this evening at Crutched Friars, on the site of the new offices for the Port of London Authority. Bucknall's cork factory and other premises…

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Fire in Victoria. Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 4 May 1915 · page 5

A fire broke out at Trafalgar early this morning, and eight business premises in Railway reserve were totally destroyed…

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Fires. Outbreaks at Bank and Post-office. Coolah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 May 1915 · page 6

The stables, buggy-shed, and outhouses at the Coolah branch of the Bank of New South Wales were burned down on Friday at midday. The origin of the fire is unknown…

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A London Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 May 1915 · page 10

LONDON, Tuesday.--A big fire occurred at Crutehedfrlars Mark Lane, on the site of the now offices of the Port of London Authority. Bueknall's cork…

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